THE VALIDITY OF ACCIDENT AND VIOLATION CRITERIA IN THE STUDY OF DRINKING DRIVERS

It appears that, contrary to findings with the general driving public, convicted drinking drivers report fewer accidents, violations, and suspensions in interviews than exist in official records. At least in the state of California, official DMV records are a much more suitable criterion of driving performance for drinking drivers than material obtained by confidential interview. /Author/

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• Authors:
  • McGuire, F L
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 46-47
• Serial:
  • Journal of Safety Research
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-4375
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00224375

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Driver records; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Interviewing; Personnel performance; Traffic conviction; Traffic crashes; Validity
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141027
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Contract Numbers: MH 23023
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 6 1976 12:00AM